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Ben Bernanke: “It protects taxpayers from bailouts.”

On the recordMay 11, 2011
It protects taxpayers from bailouts.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting taxpayer protection measures in the Dodd-Frank Act.

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